kaste
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -d̥ə
Etymology 1
From Portuguese casta, from Latin castus 'pure, clean'
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Danish kastæ, from Old Norse kasta (compare with Norwegian Bokmål kaste, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish kasta and English cast).
Dutch
Etymology
From Portuguese casta (“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto (“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus (“pure, clean”). Cognate with Danish, Norwegian (see below), German Kaste, English caste, French caste etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑstə/
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Noun
kaste f (plural kasten, diminutive kastetje n)
- a caste, hereditary Indian socio-religious class (except the 'unclean' lowest) (depreciated in specialist usage)
- a similarly closed social class, especially if rather impenetrable -notably (de facto) hereditary-, as in Ancient Egypt or various tribal and feudal societies
- any closed, social and/or hierarchic group, such as a priesthood or a military corps
- (obsolete) national/ethnic group or character
Derived terms
- (by caste type) officierenkaste, priesterkaste m or f
- kastegeest m
- kastenregel m
- kastenstelsel n
- kasteverdeeling, kastenverdeeling
- kastenwezen n
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kastek.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kaste | kasted |
accusative | kaste | kasted |
genitive | kaste | kastete |
partitive | kastet | kasteid |
illative | kastesse | kastetesse kasteisse |
inessive | kastes | kastetes kasteis |
elative | kastest | kastetest kasteist |
allative | kastele | kastetele kasteile |
adessive | kastel | kastetel kasteil |
ablative | kastelt | kastetelt kasteilt |
translative | kasteks | kasteteks kasteiks |
terminative | kasteni | kasteteni |
essive | kastena | kastetena |
abessive | kasteta | kasteteta |
comitative | kastega | kastetega |
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | kaste | kastmed |
accusative | kastme | kastmed |
genitive | kastme | kastmete |
partitive | kastet | kastmeid |
illative | kastmesse | kastmetesse kastmeisse |
inessive | kastmes | kastmetes kastmeis |
elative | kastmest | kastmetest kastmeist |
allative | kastmele | kastmetele kastmeile |
adessive | kastmel | kastmetel kastmeil |
ablative | kastmelt | kastmetelt kastmeilt |
translative | kastmeks | kastmeteks kastmeiks |
terminative | kastmeni | kastmeteni |
essive | kastmena | kastmetena |
abessive | kastmeta | kastmeteta |
comitative | kastmega | kastmetega |
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kastek. Equivalent to kastaa + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɑste̞ˣ]
- Rhymes: -ɑste
- Hyphenation: kas‧te
Declension
Inflection of kaste (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kaste | kasteet | |
genitive | kasteen | kasteiden kasteitten | |
partitive | kastetta | kasteita | |
illative | kasteeseen | kasteisiin kasteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaste | kasteet | |
accusative | nom. | kaste | kasteet |
gen. | kasteen | ||
genitive | kasteen | kasteiden kasteitten | |
partitive | kastetta | kasteita | |
inessive | kasteessa | kasteissa | |
elative | kasteesta | kasteista | |
illative | kasteeseen | kasteisiin kasteihin | |
adessive | kasteella | kasteilla | |
ablative | kasteelta | kasteilta | |
allative | kasteelle | kasteille | |
essive | kasteena | kasteina | |
translative | kasteeksi | kasteiksi | |
instructive | — | kastein | |
abessive | kasteetta | kasteitta | |
comitative | — | kasteineen |
Derived terms
- aikuiskaste
- kasteenraikas
- kastemalja
- kastemekko
- upotuskaste
Karelian
Latvian
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Portuguese casta 'lineage, race', from the feminine of casto 'pure, chaste', from Latin castus 'pure, clean' (cognate with Dutch kastijden 'to chastise', English chasten, French chaste etc.), cognate with Danish, Dutch (see above) etc.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse kasta (compare with Danish kaste, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish kasta and English cast).
Verb
kaste (imperative kast, present tense kaster, passive kastes, simple past and past participle kasta or kastet, present participle kastende)
Derived terms
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kastek.
Inflection
Inflection of kaste | |||
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nominative sing. | kaste | ||
genitive sing. | kastken | ||
partitive sing. | kastet | ||
partitive plur. | kastkid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaste | kastked | |
accusative | kastken | kastked | |
genitive | kastken | kastkiden | |
partitive | kastet | kastkid | |
essive-instructive | kastken | kastkin | |
translative | kastkeks | kastkikš | |
inessive | kastkes | kastkiš | |
elative | kastkespäi | kastkišpäi | |
illative | ? | kastkihe | |
adessive | kastkel | kastkil | |
ablative | kastkelpäi | kastkilpäi | |
allative | kastkele | kastkile | |
abessive | kastketa | kastkita | |
comitative | kastkenke | kastkidenke | |
prolative | kastetme | kastkidme | |
approximative I | kastkenno | kastkidenno | |
approximative II | kastkennoks | kastkidennoks | |
egressive | kastkennopäi | kastkidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | kastkihesai | |
terminative II | kastkelesai | kastkilesai | |
terminative III | kastkessai | — | |
additive I | ? | kastkihepäi | |
additive II | kastkelepäi | kastkilepäi |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “роса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika